{"id":6074,"date":"2025-12-31T21:21:26","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T21:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/?p=6074"},"modified":"2025-12-31T21:21:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T21:21:26","slug":"excerpts-from-my-diary-may-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/2025\/12\/31\/excerpts-from-my-diary-may-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Excerpts from my diary (May 2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thursday 1st May, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tomorrow I will start writing again<\/p>\n

Friday 2nd May, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

Maybe<\/p>\n

Saturday 3rd May, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

I am adrift
\non an open
\nunending
\nsea
\nof futility<\/p>\n

Sunday 4th May, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

20,000 people
\nover the park
\ntoday<\/p>\n

(I did not go)<\/p>\n

Monday 5th May, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

Snooker
\non a
\nbank holiday
\nmonday<\/p>\n

A day
\nalmost perfectly
\nitself<\/p>\n

Tuesday 6th May, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

A headache
\nbefore bed<\/p>\n

Wednesday 7th May, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ikea
\nis fucking shit<\/p>\n

Thursday 8th May, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

After a 100 hours or more of Monster Hunter
\nI should be sick of it by now<\/p>\n

But I’m not<\/p>\n

Friday 9th May, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

Reordering my bookcases.<\/p>\n

Tedious
\nyet satisfying<\/p>\n

Saturday 10th May, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

My sister’s cats
\nactually let me stroke them
\ntoday<\/p>\n

Monday 12th May, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

Still to scared to use my new laptop
\nIn case I ruin it somehow
\nin case it all goes wrong<\/p>\n

Tuesday 13th May, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

There is nothing more exasperating
\nthan software<\/p>\n

Wednesday 14th May, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bitten in the garden
\nby mysterious bugs<\/p>\n

Friday 16th May, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

Eyes watering
\nin the sunlight
\nreflected
\nby the white
\nof an page<\/p>\n

Sunday 18th May, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cables
\ntying themselves in knots
\nwhile no-one’s looking<\/p>\n

Monday 19th May, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

I have tidied my shelves and my desk
\nbut my mind is still a mess<\/p>\n

Tuesday 20th May, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

Genuinely couldn’t remember how old I was today
\nwhich was momentarily disconcerting<\/p>\n

Friday 23rd May, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bought some new trainers. An exciting day<\/p>\n

Saturday 24th May, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

There was supposed to be thunderstorms
\nbut there wasn’t
\nthunderstorms<\/p>\n

Monday 26th May, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

I think I’ve finally played enough Monster Hunter now
\nAfter 200 hours
\nor more<\/p>\n

Tuesday 27th May, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rain
\nfor the first time
\nin years<\/p>\n

Wednesday 28th May, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

It was surprisingly cold in the garden. I shivered, but did not come inside<\/p>\n

Thursday 29th May, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

There was a hedgehog in the garden
\nlast night
\napparently<\/p>\n

__________<\/p>\n

Notes:<\/p>\n

1. Written in May 2025<\/em>
\n2. Also I should not that I played another 200 hours of Monster Hunter across the rest of the year<\/em>
\n3. I’d still be playing it now if I hadn’t forbid myself from doing so<\/em><\/p>\n__________<\/br>

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